Where Art Thou, Family??

Note: I'm not actually related to these people although I'm sure my distant relatives did look something like them...

Beastocity: 15 (how many months I’ve officially lived on my own)

It’s been a while since I have lived at home, like full-time lived at home. I think fall always makes me think of home. Something about the leaves flying about takes me back to my childhood (which, in reality, wasn’t that long ago…). But lately I’ve been thinking of home a lot. There are a lot of things that I have missed that are pretty important like my brother just turning 18 and becoming an eagle scout, my mom’s birthday coming up, and some other family happenings. Seeing all my family in the same location right now and how much they get to be around one another causes me to wonder how much longer I will be so far away from them (or how much longer before I make most of them move out here… hmm).

But I think I’m starting to get used to this whole living on your own thing. I’m starting to regularly do my chores, I pay bills, keep somewhat healthy plants, cook decent food, make necessary doctor appointments (man, I never realized how much stuff my parents did for me growing up…), make somewhat regular blog posts, etc. And I’ve been so grateful for my house family! In many ways we’re becoming more of a family by being more responsible about our home, being more willing to talk about our lives, being more available to listen about each other’s lives, sharing food with each other, doing fun things together, and overall getting to know each other better. We even have little plant babies named after Harry Potter characters! Never mind, I won’t take the metaphor that far (plus our plant babies sometimes get neglected… whoops). But we’re becoming more of a family.

But that does bring me to another family that has been missing lately. My blog family! What has happened to all you bloggers whose posts I count on to give me a smile and a chuckle during dull parts of my day? To feed me with intellectual nuggets on which I can chew on throughout my week? To encourage me to seek good things? Where have you gone? I know I’m not the best example, but I hope that this post inspires you to WRITE ON, FAMILY!!!